By Emily Ask
The University of Calgary has been implementing budget cuts across campus to cope with reduced government funding and many faculties have been hit, directly impacting students. This has led to students questioning how the university has been handling its finances. Jake Gebert, Vice President of Finance for the University of Calgary, helped the Gauntlet break… Continue reading U of C’s largest cutbacks affect staff, faculty
University of Calgary students taking courses in the Spring and Summer might soon be able to take the bus or C-Train as easily as the rest of the year. The U of C, the Students’ Union and Calgary Transit are currently negotiating the expansion of the U-Pass program to include Spring and Summer semesters once… Continue reading Spring and Summer U-Pass may be coming to the U of C
Students can expect at least a 1.5 per cent increase in tuition next year after the University of Calgary Board of Governors voted to approve the maximum amount under the government’s current provincial tuition fee policy, which ties increases to the consumer price index. Before the vote student representative Pam Weatherbee commented that any tuition… Continue reading 1.5% tuition increase approved by board
By Jon Roe
Though the men’s volleyball team missed out on an opportunity to host the Canada West final four, they’re back where they wanted to be: hosting a quarterfinal playoff series with an eye on erasing last year’s heartbreaking three-match, five-set loss to the University of Winnipeg Wesmen. “We reflected back and used that as an example… Continue reading Men’s volleyball host playoff series looking to erase last year’s playoff memories
By Steven Kelly
The University of Calgary men’s hockey team finished the regular season on a high note, clinching a Canada West playoff spot by winning both games over the University of British Columbia Thunderbirds last weekend. The Dinos move into third place for now. Both the University of Manitoba (fourth place) and the University of Lethbridge (fifth… Continue reading Men’s hockey clinch playoff spot, await opponent
By Jon Roe
After two hotly contested games between them this season, the Dinos men’s basketball team and the University of Lethbridge Pronghorns kick off the Canada West playoffs this weekend at the Jack Simpson Gym. The Dinos needed two Ross Bekkering free throws in overtime with 3.1 seconds left to take a 88-86 victory Jan. 9 while… Continue reading Dinos open up playoffs against Pronghorns
When Mike Blondal assumed a position as a coach for the University of Calgary swim team in 1989, the Dinos women had never won a championship banner. Fast forward 21 years; the Dinos swimming teams rewrote the history books this past weekend by winning the men’s and women’s national Canadian Interuniversity Sport championship banners for… Continue reading Top of the pool
Good afternoon, sports fans! Today we watch as longstanding champion Facebook faces off against relative newcomer Google for social networking supremacy, each competing for a greater share of both your time and energy. Both have just come out of intensive training and have debuted their latest for the social media hungry Internet population– Facebook with… Continue reading Social Bowl 2010: Facebook versus Google Buzz
Toronto-based musicians God Made Me Funky hit up Calgary’s downtown core for what is sure to be an epic performance and an opportunity for people to show off their dance moves. GMMF is the leading name in the Nu-Funktonia Revolution, a self-announced state of loving life and having fun. “[It’s] all about the party and… Continue reading Welcome to Nu-Funkistan
The name Dream Horse Spirit brings out a few connotations. One inclination is to assume that the members are three skinny dudes playing keytars. Sadly, this is not the case, although Nyssa Brown, Trevor Brown, Filip Cieplak and Keith Daser have made Dream Horse into quite an alternative post-dance machine. In the 10 months or… Continue reading Feel the Dream Horse’s Spirit